1. What is information management and digital content?
Information management is simple organizing and managing any information obtained for any purpose. In conjunction with the information management, the digital content, which is information found on the web, makes it much easier to gather an unlimited amount of reliable information that could be later used for enriching or enhancement.
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Goodreads is a neat source where people can find ratings on any type of book and to decide which book/s would be a perfect fit for whatever reason they decide to read for. It offers people who decide to join the benefit of rating the books they have read, and based on the ratings given to a particular book or books, it is made published for others to view. Also, the site provides a convenient approach (recommendation) that enables its audience when deciding to read a new book, by suggesting other books based on what they have read previously. There are games and a trivia posted on the home page on specific books and also famous quotes.
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Summary
Technology has made things much more convenient for teachers as well as students by providing all sorts of web resources that which will facilitate them through their search for not only obtaining relevant information but also managing them and using them. Although the web contains vast amount of information which one can easily get caught up in and lose their focus, bookmarking tools make it a lot easier to implement such task as teaching a curriculum or researching a particular topic.
Great observations about Goodreads - can you think of a way that the site might be used in the classroom? :)
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